Home Sweet Home...Oh How I Missed You
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Home Sweet Home...Oh How I Missed You

Coming home for the first time since August has made me realize how much I miss home.

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Home Sweet Home...Oh How I Missed You
Elizabeth Scinta

Home cooked meals

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Never underestimate the power of a home cooked meal, especially when your mama comes from the south. The freshman fifteen hasn't hit me quite yet, but I'm sure I gained it all while I was home this week for Thanksgiving.

Being teased by my brothers

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Being the youngest sibling with two older brothers can be pretty hard sometimes. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss the constant teasing and goofing around I experience with them. I missed sitting on the couch together watching a good animated movie, and teasing my parents together.

Watching Gossip Girl with my mom

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Last summer I introduced my mom to Gossip Girl, but we didn't have the chance to finish before I left for college. This week when I came back, my mom and I watched two or three episodes a night to catch up on all the time we missed out on. I never realized how much I loved our binge-watching nights together.

Late night ice cream runs

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Here in Louisville we have Graeters ice cream, and it is by far the best ice cream I've ever had in my whole life. I missed going on late night ice cream runs with my friends to catch up or just binge-eat.

Drives

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My go-to thing to do with my friends when we have no idea what to do is go on a drive. We pick a great playlist and drive for hours down River Road, into Prospect and past Goshen. We conquer the world with our talks, sip on some slushies and have multiple sing-alongs before we come back to society.

Showering without shoes

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There's honestly no better feeling in the world than this.

Revisiting my high school

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Walking through the halls, acting like you own the building, saying hi to the underclassman is a great feeling. I love seeing my old teachers, visiting with friends, and seeing all the changes that have happened in the three months I've been gone.

Air conditioning

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Because winter has begun UMD has turned off our air conditioning, so coming home to a place where I can control what temperature I like my room has been very nice. I can turn my fan on and off whenever I want to and that's an amazing feeling.

Reuniting with friends

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Every time I saw one of my high school friends I'd run to them, screaming like an eight year old, and koala them until they stopped screaming too. I love my college friends, but it's so hard to replace the friendship you've had for twelve years.

Turkey TrotsĀ 

Yes, I'm apart of that family who runs a 5k, sometimes 10k, on Thanksgiving morning. Don't hate us because ya ain't us.

Happy late Thanksgiving everyone!

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